A visit from Simon Duggan - Treasury

On Friday the 7th August, the Goulburn Campus had a visit from Simon Duggan of the Australian Treasury!

Simon delivered a presentation and engaged in a Q&A session with the senior students on a range os matters relating to econimics and business. He gave a short speech on why he chose to become an economist wiht the Australian Treasury and how frameworks delevoped through his studies have given him the ability to tackle some of the most challenging problwms faced by Australian society. He also communicated the Treasury's important yet simple mission - to improve the wellbeing of the Australian people.

As the General Manager of the Macroeconomic division which adsives the Government on monetary policy and productivity, Simon was well placed to field many questions ona reange of topics, which included, but not linkted to the following: the role os the treasury, his department's role in providing econimic advice to the Treasurer, Joe Hockey, how does Australia continur to boost our productivity, what is Treasury doing to help smalll businesses, how do overseas economies such as China affect our wellbwing and how dod Greece egt into theor current economic situation & what policies are needed to overcome their challenges.

Simon likened the sophisticated nature of questions developed bythe students to the recent senate inquiry that he faced on 'Housing Affordability'. The students did an excellent job in prerating those questions, as did the year 10 girls who prepared a lovely and delicious spread of food for morning tea!